Chapter 336: Brother Ye, I Have Avenged You!

In that instant, everyone was stunned.

The Human Immortals of the Profound Spirit Realm, including Cheng Xian, were shocked that such a thing could kill, while the Yushu Jiange side was purely shocked that Ye Xingfeng could be killed by such a thing.

Ye Guyue's beautiful eyes widened in an instant.

'Impossible!'

Although Ye Xingfeng was only at the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment and not yet perfect, he possessed a sword pill of extremely high quality, and his true combat power was absolutely not weak for a mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.

How could he be severely injured by a single move of Cheng Xian, leading to his demise?

This is unreasonable!

Thinking of this, Ye Guyue suddenly turned her gaze, staring fiercely at Lu Yang, who wore a face of grief: "It was you! You dare harm our Yushu Jiange True Person?"

"Fellow Daoist, do not speak nonsense."

Lu Yang sighed, his face unable to hide the expression of grief: "Ye brother and I felt as if we had known each other for a long time at first sight; before this, there was no enmity between us. Why would I harm him?"

Lu Yang originally thought these words would be enough to shut Ye Guyue's mouth.

However, he still underestimated the lower limit of the Yushu Jiange True Person; seeing this, Ye Guyue actually revealed an expression of righteous indignation and said without hesitation:

"Of course, it is because we want you to die!"

"You must have seen through the thoughts of me and Xingfeng, so you deliberately set a trap and harmed him! A rogue cultivator who does not recognize a good person... is indeed the Jiangbei Demon!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Yang immediately stared straight at Ye Guyue, but saw her expression was calm, completely feeling nothing wrong with what she said; instead, she became even more convinced: "If you die, you will undergo reincarnation; in the future, you will naturally have an opportunity to enter our Yushu Jiange. I did not expect you to be so vicious!"

"Ungrateful!"

With this thought, the gaze Ye Guyue cast upon Lu Yang already showed murderous intent; seeing this, Lu Yang revealed an even more aggrieved expression:

"Fellow Daoist Ye, I am also heartbroken by Ye brother's death."

He sighed and said, "But with a great enemy before us, we must first unite our efforts and fight the enemy together; we cannot lose the big picture for the sake of the small, can we?"

"Hmph!"

Ye Guyue was not a fool after all; she knew it was impossible to truly have internal strife during battle, yet she was unwilling to join hands with Lu Yang, and instead moved further away from him.

Seeing this, Lu Yang felt even more aggrieved and couldn't help but sigh, thinking:

'Pity, I can't take advantage of the chaos to trap and kill a second one...'

— Ye Guyue guessed correctly.

Yes, it was him who did it.

Relying solely on Cheng Xian's full-power strike, it was naturally impossible to kill Ye Xingfeng; even if Ye Xingfeng was caught off guard, it was impossible to be severely injured by a single move.

However, with Lu Yang added, it was different.

'The Sea of Grief allows me to transform into a Qi Sea, gathering and scattering without constant form, making divine abilities hard to harm; meanwhile, the smoke formed by my magical body spreading out can also obscure others' divine sense!'

The reason Ye Xingfeng was severely injured by Cheng Xian's single strike was because his divine sense was obscured by the Sea of Grief; he did not perceive Cheng Xian's attack at all until he was hit, by which time it was too late; as a result, his various divine abilities failed to manifest even a little before he died suddenly.

'Let you hunt me overseas in your previous life!'

Lu Yang put away his expression of grief; while sneering in his heart, he also withdrew his gaze from Ye Guyue's graceful back; he had never been in a hurry to take revenge.

There is plenty of time!

With this thought, Lu Yang looked towards Cheng Xian again, but saw this Human Immortal's expression was calm; after all, for him, who died was actually unimportant.

What mattered was that someone died.

'At least one great enemy is gone, and I can relax a bit...'

Cheng Xian pondered in his heart, glanced at Lu Yang once more, and then decisively retreated, no longer engaging him in a hard clash, but instead rushing towards Yu Shao.

Pick the soft persimmons first!

'This person's divine abilities are treacherous; I cannot take him down in a short while, nor can I reclaim the Metal of Shen. Rather than waste time, I should achieve one goal first...'

Cheng Xian's train of thought was very clear, but how could Lu Yang give him a chance? His figure exploded with a boom, once again transforming into a vast sea of smoke spreading out; within the sea of smoke, clouds and mist rose, swallowing Cheng Xian whole, then manifesting layers of illusions, all of which stirred the stray thoughts in Cheng Xian's heart.

'Bright! Clear! Awake!'

Standing within the sea of smoke, Cheng Xian constantly spat out true words from his mouth; light and fire flowed between his lips and teeth, burning all the surrounding illusions of the sea of smoke into nothingness.

If he were still in his prime, he wouldn't mind fighting Lu Yang to a standstill.

However, at this moment, his magic power was greatly depleted; if he could not win quickly, once the previously removed injuries returned, he would die suddenly without even needing to fight.

Lu Yang also saw this clearly.

So his tactic was also very simple, just one word: stall!

'The Sea of Grief, combined with the Marrow of All Flowers, although possessing no substantial means of killing, is unparalleled in entangling methods such as confusing the heart and bewildering the spirit!'

Moreover, as time passed, Lu Yang's mastery of the Sea of Grief grew deeper; even if Cheng Xian constantly used true words to burn and destroy the smoke formed by divine abilities, the wonder of the Sea of Grief lay precisely here: everything arises from the heart; as long as Cheng Xian could not guard his mind and spirit, and his heart was moved by the illusions...

... then the many thoughts he derived would all become nourishment for the Sea of Grief.

Whatever is burned and destroyed on one side, an equal amount is born on the other!

The result was that Cheng Xian's own magic power was constantly worn down, and his mind and spirit teetered on the brink of collapse, while Lu Yang reaped the benefits of the fisherman, suffering no loss from start to finish.

'And I haven't even borrowed the position of Great True Person yet!'

At this moment, he had gathered four divine abilities; if he drew great power from the Myriad Spirits Banner, allowing both Great Void divine abilities to obtain their due status...

... he would immediately be at the late-stage of Foundation Establishment!

Although the duration would not be long, and he would suffer backlash afterwards, it was ultimately combat power at the Great True Person level; bringing it out at a critical moment would be enough to seal victory.

'Not yet; using it now would be too wasteful.'

Lu Yang was very clear about how deceptive he currently was; who would expect a rogue cultivator who hadn't even perfected the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment to suddenly transform into a Great True Person?

However, while he was calm and unhurried on his side, Cheng Xian on the other side could no longer hold on.

'If this continues, I will surely die!'

Within the layers of sea of smoke, Cheng Xian's expression was grave; cracks gradually appeared on his originally perfect body; this was the previously removed injuries returning.

At this moment, the crisis of life and death finally overwhelmed the strange obsession in his heart.

"How about we pull out?"

"After all, why should I continue to fight? I still have a bright future in the Profound Spirit Realm; staying here to fight to the death is simply not worth it."

At this thought, Cheng Xian immediately felt the urge to retreat.

But how could Lu Yang give him a chance? Rather, the urge to retreat that surfaced in Cheng Xian at this very moment was something he had forcibly drawn out using the Sea of Sorrow!

"Boom!"

In an instant, a point of Jin Guang exploded amidst the sky-filling sea of smoke, hidden within the smoke, difficult to detect, and silently arrived behind Cheng Xian.

Then came a thunderous roar; Cheng Xian's body had no time to turn around. Just like Ye Xingfeng before his death, by the time he reacted, Lu Yang's blade had already stabbed in, the surging sword qi like raging fire piercing the flesh and skin, then rapidly spreading to his four limbs and hundred bones.

The Duanmu Yuan Tu Talisman!

Being in the Yushu Jiange camp, Lu Yang naturally could not use the techniques of the Holy Sect, so he could only bring out all the sword qi talismans he had previously forged alone.

Then he stuffed them all into Cheng Xian's body in one breath.

"No, don't..."

Before Cheng Xian's words could finish, thousands of sword qi bursts erupted, instantly shooting him into a sieve.

To make matters worse, due to suffering heavy injuries once again, Cheng Xian's divine abilities became unstable, and all the injuries he had previously dispelled returned at this very moment.

This return immediately exceeded his limit of endurance.

"Crack!"

Only the sound of an explosion was heard; Cheng Xian's body split open like that, turning into countless fragments, which were finally rolled up by Lu Yang's Ten Thousand Spirits Banner and entirely stored within the flag.

At the same time, he did not forget to shout loudly: "Brother Ye, I have avenged you!"

With Cheng Xian dead, the group of Immortals from the Profound Spirit Realm, already wavering, became even more terrified.

And just at this moment.

"Boom!"

A loud roar, the clouds parted and the mist scattered.

It was seen that above the sky, the blue and white colors finally dispersed, revealing the figure of True Person Ye Guangji, the Exterminating Demon, with the 【Non-Killing】 Sword already returned to its sheath.

His expression remained melancholy, and his sigh was full of sorrow.

However, in stark contrast to his appearance, blood dripped drop by drop; in his hand, he was visibly holding the severed heads of Minghua Heavenly Immortal and three Earth Immortals!

(End of this chapter)